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US Men Open CONCACAF Gold Cup Play Saturday

03-Jul-09

US 2007 Gold Cup Champions

Less than one week after completing a historic run to the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the U.S. Men’s National Team begins its quest for a third-consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup championship when it takes on Grenada on Saturday, July 4, at 6 p.m. PT. Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Sounders.

All of the US games will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel. The United States will be trying to tie Mexico with a third straight title and win an unprecedented fifth. The Mexicans will be looking to reclaim the crown it last won in 2003. You can catch the 2007 US win over Mexico in 2007 on YouTube.

Saturday July 4th, 8:00 PM CT – U.S. Men vs. Grenada, Live on Fox Soccer Channel
Wednesday July 8th, 8:00 PM CT – U.S. Men vs. Honduras, Live on Fox Soccer Channel
Saturday July 11th, 6:00 PM CT – U.S. Men vs. Haiti, Live on Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Soccer Channel has announced that they will provide live, English-language coverage of all U.S. games during the group stage of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, along with live coverage of one match from each of the knockout stages. The U.S. will be featured in those matches, should they advance. The entire TV schedule can be found here.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup™ is CONCACAF’s showpiece event for men’s teams as it crowns the regional champion. The USA won the inaugural eight-team competition in 1991, defeating Honduras before 40,000 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The teams battled to a scoreless draw and the first Gold Cup was decided on penalties with the stars & stripes emerging as 4:3 victors.

Mexico dominated the remainder of the decade, winning three consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup™ titles (1993, 1996, 1998). Over 120,000 fans packed the Estadio Azteca as the tricolor claimed the 1993 title with a convincing 4:0 win over USA. The 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™ was won by the USA on penalties over Panama in the Final held at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-07-03

03-Jul-09

Kudo's to MSU Bears for providing sports calendars, by sport, in both Outlook and iCal download format! Men's soccer – http://bit.ly/ub8D #
More on Beckham, Donovan and the Galaxy. I may have to read the book – http://bit.ly/Y5YAJ #

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SLU Billikens Have 6 Earn Preseason Honors

02-Jul-09

The Atlantic 10 Conference has released their Preseason All-Conference list. SLU had two players, Senior midfielder Kyle Hayes (St. Louis, Mo./CBC) and senior defender Tim Ream (St. Louis, Mo./St. Dominic) named to the 11-player preseason All-Conference list.

The Billikens also placed a league-high four players on the All-Rookie team – Benny Estes (Santa Margarita, Calif./ Trabuco Hills), Nick Maglasang (St. Louis, Mo./SLUH), Mark Pais (St. Louis, Mo./Ladue) and Alex Sweetin (Overland Park, Kan./Rockhurst).

Get all the details here.

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Chris Miller, President of the Missouri HS Soccer Coaches Association Featured

02-Jul-09

Nice article in the Southern Boone County paper featuring Chris Miller, Coach of the Boys and Girls team at the High School. As the paper notes,

But Miller and assistant coach Darlene Moore put together a plan for the Eagles girls soccer team, combined it good athletic talent and a small dose of literature and famous quotes and finished one step away from playing in soccer’s final four.

For his efforts, Miller was named Class 1 Coach of the Year for the second time, being previously honored after the fall 2007 boys season in which his team won the first Eagles district soccer title.

The photo is from May 2007 when Coach Miller brought the Jeff City Jays to Kickapoo for their annual end of season game. Jesse Sanderson, Drury Panther’s All-American goalkeeper, was on that JC Jays squad. And as noted, Chris is the President of the Missouri HS Soccer Coaches Association, the organization that puts together the Regional and All-State teams among other things.

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SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-07-02

02-Jul-09

RT @SawkerGuy: U14 girls team from OshKosh Wisconsin has a pretty good website @ http://www.u14wisconsin2009.com/ #

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Cody Reinberg And Harrisburg City Islanders Surprise NE Revolution

01-Jul-09

Congratulations to Drury grad Cody Reinberg who was part of the upset win over the MLS New England Revolution in the US Open Cup last night.

Geoff Bloes’ sitter with time winding down in the first overtime — off a David Schofield corner that fluttered off goalkeeper Brad Knighton’s fingers — lifted the Harrisburg City Islanders to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup round-of-16 action Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain, Conn.

Moffat Oduor also connected for the USL Second Division leaders, nodding in a Jason Pelletier restart that pulled Harrisburg even in the 67th minute. Jeff Larentowicz buried a 19-yard direct in the 38th minute, staking the Major League Soccer side to a 1-0 halftime lead.

It was a game with several twists and turns but wasn’t the only upset of the evening. The underdogs of the USL ruled the day in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Third Round on Tuesday night, taking four of the six matches, and assuring themselves of at least one team in the semifinals.

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SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-07-01

01-Jul-09

RT @TIAS: "Of the final 4, the USA passed the ball the least and were least successful in holding onto it." http://tinyurl.com/mhom3m #
RT @The_Kess At the Springfield v Thunder Bay USL soccer match. Gotta love when business and pleasure combine. in reply to The_Kess #
RT @usopencup the Kansas City Wizards defeat the Minnesota Thunder 4-2 on PKs after a 3-3 draw. in reply to usopencup #

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St Louis Hosting Women’s Professional Soccer All-Star Game

01-Jul-09

Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) announced today that Swedish Champions Umeå IK (pronounced ooh-me-oh) will play in the WPS All-Star Game on August 30 to conclude the 2009 WPS Season.

The 2009 All-Star Game is being played at The Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park in Fenton, MO, on August 30th with kick-off scheduled for 5:30pm ET/4:30pm CT. The game will be televised live nationally on Fox Soccer Channel and regionally on select Fox Sports Net affiliates (check local listings), starting at 5:00 p.m. ET with a half-hour pre-game show prior to kick-off.

The game is being played eight days following the WPS Championship, featuring a team of 18 WPS All-Stars, who will be selected through mix of voting (starting 11) and at-large selections by the head coach and the WPS Commissioner.

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PDL Soccer: Springfield Demize Fall to Thunder Bay Chill

30-Jun-09

Springfield Demize – 0
Thunder Bay Chill – 3
In a game that was much tighter than the score indicates, it was the visiting Chill that broke through Tuesday night. The initial advantage was obtained in the 18th minute when a PK was awarded, well finished by Anthony Putrus to the lower left corner.

The Demize had many opportunities this evening, especially in the first half when they earned half a dozen corner kicks but were unable to convert, with the video just one example (that’s Drury’s Marco Cherisma with the header). The Chill put it away with a pair of late goals as the Demize attempted to come back. A 70th minute goal by Christian Fernandez came on a run into the box, with a clinical finish just sliding underneath the onrushing keeper. In the 81st Christian slips a second to the far post after receiving a simple ball from Marcus in the six yard box.

The Demize fall to 2-10-1 and will take to the road for a pair of games against KC (Jul 9th) and Des Moines (Jul 11) before returning home for their final game on July 17th against the Colorado Real Foxes. The Foxes sit 3rd in the Heartland Conference.